New WP Putrajaya F 1 to F 9999 number plates open for tender next week – will we see a new record?

The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is wasting no time in implementing the new ‘F’ license plate numbers for the administrative capital of Putrajaya. It announced today that the F 1 to F 9999 number plate series will be open for tender starting from June 1, ending noon on June 14.

Last week, it was announced that the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya will receive new ‘V’ and ‘F’ prefixes on vehicle number plates, replacing the current Wilayah Persekutuan number plate sequence of a prefix and suffix – introduced in September 2013 – and the ‘Putrajaya’ plates, respectively.

According to deputy transport minister Datuk Aziz Kaprawi, the public were more comfortable with the traditional number plate sequence of a single prefix, versus a prefix and suffix numbering system. “This is based on massive decline in bidding for the current KL number plate sequence. So I hope with ‘V’, it will get people excited,” he said.

Commenting on the ‘F’ prefix for Putrajaya, Aziz said the ministry had received a request from Putrajaya Corporation for a ‘Putrajaya’ prefix followed by a number sequence and alphabet suffix, but was rejected due to length. In this case, ‘F’ stands for federal. Aziz said he expected a lot of public interest in the new number plates, especially for the ‘F 1’ Putrajaya plate.

“I think many Ferrari owners will be queuing up to bid for the single alphabet of ‘F’ (number plate),” said Aziz, in jest. The ‘V’ series for WP Kuala Lumpur will be open for tender sometime after the Hari Raya holidays.

The highest price ever paid for a regular Malaysian number plate was RM748,000 for ‘W1N’ by Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, who also paid RM520,000 for ‘WWW 1’ in 2012. The buyer of the special ‘PATRIOT 1’ plate paid a reported RM1,308,000 for the honour. Will we see a new record with the new ‘F’ and ‘V’ plates? Plenty of cool possibilities with these two alphabets, don’t you think?

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

Than how do you explain why certain series like WWW and RM got more bids than other?
Your theory couldn’t be more wrong.
And is not just the 8s. I know of someone who likes ‘1957’ solely because is our independence.
The F series is lauched not because because of the alphabets infront, is because of the alphabet at the back that people don’t like.

Why should not they do it? They not forcing anybody to buy and if gov agency can earn their own income (not all), it is good. Less funding (from our tax) will be allocated to them buy the Fed Gov. Key point here, if you want to buy, you buy. If not, JPJ not forcing you to buy.

Nobody would like the f word displayed infront n back of their car. That is unless they dont care less or dont have a choice.
Its just hype to get people to be interested. Anyway,Suckers are born every second. Cest la vie

What’s wrong with JPJ trying to bring in money? It will go to the nation’s coffers, not to some crony. JPJ should be applauded for this move.

The bidding is very fair – if someone wants a certain number and willing to pay big bucks to the country for it, then it’s a Win-Win situation. Bidding for number plates is one of the best things in the country. It provides the bidder with what he wants. But doesn’t deny others anything. This is certainly better than previously where certain numbers are reserved for certain people.

When was the last time anyone was able to buy a single letter number plate? Probably was an R plate from Perlis. So no surprise everyone from a certain Sultan, politicians, atas govt servants, so-called socialites, their hairdresser, security guard and pet hamster will vie for either an F or V plate. F 1 will probably be bought over a million ringgit or free if they are *cough* *cough* anggota kera-jaan.

Be grateful, people, car sales in KK will nosedive next year when we get to SAD. Currently running SACxxxxD and yes we are used to long number plate long before you guys. As for F, why? Apart from famous, fabulous, fancy, I can’t think of any other nice words starting with F.

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